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Leviticus 23:7
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On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
Leviticus 23:7 in Other Translations
KJV
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In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
ESV
7
On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
NLT
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On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
MSG
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Hold a sacred assembly on the first day; don't do any regular work.
CSB
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On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.
Leviticus 23:7 Meaning and Commentary
Leviticus 23:7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation
That is, on the first of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, even the fifteenth day of the month Nisan; this was separated from the other days of the festival, and more particularly devoted to religions exercises, see ( Exodus 12:16 ) ; ye shall do no servile work therein;
such as agriculture, or any manufacture or mechanical business, which they and their servants were at other times employed in; but they might bake bread, and boil or roast their meat, and walk abroad, which they might not do on their sabbaths; and therefore it is so expressed as to distinguish it from the work forbidden on that day.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Leviticus 23:7 In-Context
5
The LORD’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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On the fifteenth day of that month the LORD’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.
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On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
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For seven days present a food offering to the LORD. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’ ”
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The LORD said to Moses,
Cross References 1
- 1. ver 3,8
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